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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
6
A fragment indicates entry of a matter at the Moores City post office. The wording is unclear but suggests clerical handling or filing in the local postal service records.
June 11 1908 review notes the sixtieth congress wasted a billion dollars with few results. Highlights include a child labor law for the District of Columbia, an emergency currency plan, and omissions like the inheritance tax and campaign fund publicity bill. Weston Finley of Rensselaer dies after six weeks ill. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. with Rev J. E Travis officiating.
Editor S T Wiley criticizes the currency bill crafted by the conference committee to please Wall Street and frenzied financiers. He asserts the Republican party “does things” as a punchline about political action.
President Roosevelt opened with grand promises but ended quietly, as W T Jenkins reports a feather bed flap faded. Mrs Reid visited Shelbi na friends Thursday.
A compact series of maxims from the Atchison Globe reflecting on marriage, manners, and social behavior. It compares kitchen and parlor manners, notes how aging shifts talk to money, and contrasts a husband’s attention with a wolf stalking its prey, all in a folksy digest.
A rural Missouri newspaper proprietor urges subscribers to settle debts promptly. Those who know they are in debt are told to call and settle, those unaware should call to discover, and those debtors who refuse to call are urged to stay still long enough to be caught. The message echoes a stern bluff aimed at collecting overdue accounts.
Jack Crave and family from near Philadelphia visited with friends in the city Thursday. Mrs. John Conery of New Castle Kansas is guest of her kin, John Ucleary and family.
Oscar Cochlin visited his father in law John Baxter who is recovering from a recent stroke of paralysis at his home in the Elm Woods near Palmyra.
A reflective poem laments an unmarked grave where the speaker imagines a marble chapel to honor a beloved Saint. It contrasts public memory with private sorrow and asks for enduring remembrance beyond the grave.
A collection of humorous witticisms on generosity schemes health and behavior. It comments on actors indolence rotten oats cross-eyed jokes about women and a Kokomo anecdote with playful worduse. A line notes Megaphore Bonehead’s recovery and Dr Rhubarb Sawbones attending a veterinary convention in Chicago.
A fragment cites Dr Hornback, an oculist and aurist from Bannibal Mott, with a quote from the Quincy Herald criticizing honesty in politics and religion and predicting a bid for hypocrisy in religion.
Cure the cause of stomach trouble with Mi O Na Stomach Tablets. Testimonial from W C Worrell of Lake Shore Railroad claims fifteen years of acute stomach trouble cured. Stocked by L M Wood with a money back guarantee. Also a lost dog named Beauty seeks return to V Q Spalding for reward.
A Quincy Herald quote urges merchants to inspire store staff by advertising products. It argues enthusiasm fades when clerks lack reason to believe in the business and warns dull tools match dull promotion, noting how unadvertised goods curb worker zeal and sales.
Hoke Smith, editor of the Atlanta Journal, challenged Clark Howell of the Constitution for Georgia governor and won. One early act was firing Railroad Commissioner Joseph Brown, who vowed to challenge Smith next election. Brown later ran and defeated Smith, leaving Georgia wary of the feud’s fallout.
Scalped. Brick Swearengen suffered a three inch scalp wound in Chicago after striking a conduit while transporting poultry. Clarence Smith left for Butler Missouri where he has a position at the Butler Press. Monroe mourns its youths as commencements signal real life work beyond school. Judge James T Umstattd visited Shel b ina.
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